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Challenging Internal Service Revenue regulations is even harder thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. ...


Civil Rights


L.A. Emergency Plan Found to Violate ADA

Feb. 15, 2011
By Emma Gallegosn

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the city of Los Angeles' emergency preparedness program violates the Americans with Disabi...


Intellectual Property


Crocs Wins Round Against Imports

Feb. 15, 2011
By Craig Andersonn

Crocs Inc. has moved one step closer to getting an order banning the import of footwear similar to the company's signature foa...


Insurance


Insurance Coverage for Class Actions

Feb. 15, 2011
By Karen Natividadn

Often overlooked is the fact that there are insurance policies designed to provide protections against class actions. By Kirk ...


Securities


SEC Charges Former IndyMac Executives

Feb. 15, 2011
By Anna Scott

Securities regulators have accused three former executives with the now defunct IndyMac Bancorp of securities fraud for allege...


Technology & Science


A Virtual Courtroom

Feb. 15, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

A hypothetical case paints a picture of what the civil process may look like 10 years from now. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Bo...


Intellectual Property


Medical Device Approvals to Speed Up

Feb. 15, 2011
By Mandy Jacksonn

Medical device manufacturers and their lawyers hope the first pilot project in the FDA's Innovation Pathway program will blaze...


Civil Rights


Teacher Statements On Trial

Feb. 15, 2011
By Michael Gottliebn

In a case both sides have described as unprecedented, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether a hi...


Perspective


A change in leadership at the National Labor Relations Board leaves employers facing enhanced penalties for unfair labor pract...


Corporate


Judge Denies Intervention in Schwab Deal

Feb. 15, 2011
By Rebecca Beyer

A $235 million settlement between the Charles Schwab Corp. and YieldPlus Fund investors can go forward, a federal judge ruled,...


Law Practice


Howrey Loses Another Attorney

Feb. 15, 2011
By Sara Randazzon

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will add former Howrey LLP intellectual property partner Duane H. Mathiowetz to its San Fr...


Employee Benefits


Pension Fund Plays Jury Hopscotch

Feb. 15, 2011
By Pat Broderick

A judge's decision last week to transfer a contentious pension-related case from San Diego to Los Angeles County has the city ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Supermarket Antitrust Case To Be Reheard

Feb. 15, 2011
By John Roemer

Casting doubt on a major union win, the 9th Circuit voted Friday to review its decision that grocery chains broke antitrust l...


Law Practice


Capital Markets Head Departs Manatt

Feb. 15, 2011
By Erica E. Phillips

In a shroud of secrecy, Mark J. Kelson, head of the capital markets practice group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, left ...


Law Practice


On the Move

Feb. 14, 2011
By Ben Adlin

Holland & Knight LLP hired Assistant U.S. Attorney Vince Farhat, who spent the past eight years in the Central District's ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Feb. 14, 2011
By Eb Richardsonn

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Judicial Profile


Michael O'Gara

Feb. 14, 2011
By Pat Alston

Raised by show business parents, Judge Michael O'Gara pivoted from ice skating to dreams of directing films to a law career an...


Corporate


The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that asking for a ZIP code during a credit card transaction violates the So...


Judicial Profile


Sally Meloch

Feb. 12, 2011
By Brandon Ortiz

After a long career as a federal prosecutor, rising to hold several supervisory roles, Sally Meloch made the switch to state-c...


ADR Provider


Michael Leb

Feb. 12, 2011
By Susan Mcraen

After a career as a big-firm associate, sole practitioner and corporate executive, Michael Leb decided his breadth of experien...


Community News


New Directions

Feb. 12, 2011
By Riley Guerin

Starting this summer, the L.A. Lawyers Philharmonic will have some vocal accompaniment. Conductor and trial attorney Gary S. ...


Community News


Vito Costanzo, a partner in Holland & Knight LLP's Los Angeles office, joins the board at St Anne's, a nonprofit social se...


Letter to the Editor


Troubling Statement By New Chief Justice

Feb. 12, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

John K. Haggerty responds to "Chief Justice to Push for Diversity in Replacing Moreno on High Court." ...


Perspective


Hate Speech: The Current Obscenity

Feb. 12, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

Why obscenity is a useful vehicle for discussing sexist, racist or homophobic speech. By Kevin W. Saunders of Michigan State U...


Books


A Renewed Defense: Hollywood’s Fear of AIDS Lawsuit

Feb. 12, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

How one lawyer vowed to save Rock Hudson's tarnished reputation after decades of allegations. By Robert Parker Mills. ...


Perspective


Illusory Coverage: California’s Insurance Qui Tam

Feb. 12, 2011
By Alexander Phersonn

California's law seeking to root out insurance fraud needs to be reformed. By Brian S. Kabateck and Jon A. Atabek of Kabateck ...


Solo and Small Firms


Careful Planning Sustains S.D. Boutique

Feb. 12, 2011
By Pat Broderick

The three partners at Rosenstein Wilson & Dean in San Diego aren't the sort to make rush judgments. That's why they took t...


Litigation


Proposal Aims to Delay Class Actions

Feb. 12, 2011
By Ciaran Mc Evoy

In a new effort to limit class actions in California, a proposed bill would give defendants the right to appeal if a state cou...


Perspective


Six qualities that employment lawyers look for when selecting a mediator. By Howard C. Hay of PMA. ...


Entertainment & Sports


Producer Went Bust in Dramatic Fashion

Feb. 12, 2011
By Jean Luc Renault

The first stage of involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against financier David Bergstein's five film companies wrapped this wee...